Media appearances


The Daily Show: Jonathan Martin & Alex Burns - Behind The Scenes Of Politics

New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns discuss their reporting process for This Will Not Pass, share new audio between Pres. Donald Trump and Sen. Lindsey Graham, and explain why Jared Kushner got involved in Kanye’s run for president.


PBS: 'This Will Not Pass' uncovers new revelations about Jan. 6

The newly released book “This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for America’s Future,” contains eye-opening findings on the actions of former President Trump, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and others, in the days surrounding Jan. 6. New York Times national political correspondents Alex Burns and Jonathan Martin, who co-authored the book, join Yamiche Alcindor to discuss.


PBS: ‘This Will Not Pass’ shines light on 2020 election, GOP tensions and Biden’s first year

In their book, This Will Not Pass, NYT journalists Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns reveal new details about the fallout from the Jan. 6 insurrection, lingering tensions within the Republican Party and the first year of the Biden administration.


NPR: Republicans suggested invoking the 25th Amendment after Jan. 6 — but failed to act

In their book, This Will Not Pass, NYT journalists Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns reveal that GOP leaders, including Rep. Kevin McCarthy, privately discussed removing Trump from office.


NBC: Lindsey Graham Threatened Use Of The 25th Amendment On January 6th

In their new book, This Will Not Pass, co-authors Alex Burns and Jonathan Martin reveal that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) threatened to use the 25th Amendment as rioters breached the U.S. Capitol on January 6 in a call to White House Counsel Pat Cipollone.


CNN: McCarthy was going to tell Trump to resign, new book reports

In their new book, This Will Not Pass, co-authors Alex Burns and Jonathan Martin reveal that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) wanted then-President Donald Trump to resign after the Jan. 6 insurrection.


CNN: 'This is serious sh*t': NYT audio reveals McCarthy's fear about rhetoric after January 6

New York Times Reporters Alex Burns and Jonathan Martin discuss the recordings of House Republican Leadership about the behavior of their party’s members in the days after January 6th.


CNn: Hear how Trump responded to damning recording of McCarthy

New York Times reporter Jonathan Martin discusses the recordings of Rep. Kevin McCarthy about President Trump in the days after January 6th.


MSNBC Rachel maddow show:

Audio contradicts McCarthy's denial that he said he would recommend that Trump resign

Rachel Maddow shares audio of House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy saying that he would call Donald Trump and recommend that he resign in the wake of the January 6th attacks and with a second impeachment looming, as reported by Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns of the New York Times in their new book, This Will Not Pass, and contradicting McCarthy's multiple denials.


MSNBC Rachel maddow show:

GOP Leader McCarthy wanted Twitter to suspend other Republican members of Congress: report

Jonathan Martin, national political correspondent for the New York Times, talks with Rachel Maddow about reporting in his new book with New York Times colleague Alex Burns, This Will Not Pass, that Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy wished that Twitter would suspend the accounts of members of his own caucus. Martin confirms that this reporting is backed up by recorded audio.


MSNBC Rachel maddow show:

New book exposes duplicity of Republican leaders toward Trump

Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns, national political correspondents for the New York Times, talk with Rachel Maddow about the reporting about Republican leaders Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy in their new book, This Will Not Pass, which in some instances shows what Burns describes as "the staggering gulf" between what GOP leaders say publicly versus privately about Donald Trump.


Media Clips

MSNBC The ReidOut: If We Don’t Like How Powerful Trump Is Today, Thank Kevin McCarthy Says Beschloss

The Republican Party led by Kevin McCarthy, whose apparent plot to become House speaker comes with a new twist, is full of idiocy and sycophancy Joy Reid says. Audio showing Kevin McCarthy planned to urge Trump to resign after Jan. 6 is analyzed by politics experts on The ReidOut.


MSNBC:

GOP Leaders Were 'On The Verge Of Pushing Trump Out Of The Party'

Editor-at-large for the Bulwark Charlie Sykes, former U.S. attorney Harry Litman, Politico national correspondent Betsy Woodruff Swan, and former Senator Claire McCaskill react to the cravenness of the post-January 6th Republican party, revealed in the upcoming book, This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future” by New York Times reporters Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin.